Skirt-marker.



E.NABER. Smm MARKER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, |916.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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EMMA HABER, F LEGH, NEBRASKA.

SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

.Elpplcaton filed. June 10, 1916. Serial No. 102,930.

To all whom may concern Be it known that EMMA NABER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Leigh, in the county of Colfax and State ofNebraska, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Skirt-Markers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to skirt markers for tailors anddressmakers use in which an adjustable marker is adapted to be guidedaround the lower part of a vertically positioned skirt parallel with thefloor for obtaining a quick, accurate and more convenient method fordetermining the length of skirts.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthe above stated character wherein the measuring bars or uprights arefoldable, thereby permitting of the same being easily and readily foldedin compact form to occupy a small amount of space in the storage ortransportation of the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will be simple in construction, durable in use and welladapted for the purposes intended.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features, details of construction and combination of parts whichwill hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the skirt marker illustrating a skirtassociated there- ,with and shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clamp and crayon holder removed fromone of the measuring bars; and

F ig. 3 is a detail view of the base and platform.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, in which likecharacters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the severalviews, 5 denotes the measuring device or marker as its entirety,comprising a substantially rectangular base 6 having formed contiguouswith one of the transverse edges thereof and bent upon the base for thegreater portion of its length and in spaced relation therewith aplatform 7. By the spacing of the platform from the base, is provided askirt receiving space 8, that is to say, when the skirt 9 is of suchlength as to engage with the floor, the eXtra length of skirt isinserted in the space 8, during the act of determining or measuring thelength of the skirt. The base 6 is provided at a point adjacent the freetransverse edge thereof and at a point in advance of the free terminalof the platform with a transverse elongated slot 10, the purpose ofwhich is to allow of the adjustment or folding of the upright ormeasuring bar 11. To this end, a pair of L-shaped ears 12 are securelyfastened to the base to opposite sides of the slot thereof and havepivotally connected therebetween through the medium of the pin 13 theupright or measuring bar 11, defining the lower end thereof slightlyabove and in alinement with a slot 10 of the base. Ears 14 of similarconfiguration as the ears l2 are securely fastened to the free edge ofthe platform 7 and to opposite sides of the slot 15 formed therein, forpivotally connecting therebetween by means of a pin 16, a second uprightor measuring bar 17. In view of the manner above described of connectingthe measuring bars 11 and 17 to the respective base and platform,pivotally connects the same thereto and adapting the bars to be swung tooneside of a vertical plane, if the occasion so demands, and furtherpermits of the measuring bars being folded into compact form during thestorage or transportation of the measuring device. Further, thesemeasuring devices when in active position, are disposed in a spacedvertical plane to one another, presenting therebetween a space forreceiving the vertical length of the skirt. These measuring bars havetheir outer faces graduated in inches or fractions thereof and dividedin any other suitable scale, as designated by the character 18. Owing tothe fact that both the bars 11 and 17 are pivotally connected invertical alinement with the respective slots 10 and 15 at a pointslightly above said slots, allows the terminals of the said bars toclear the respective members 6 and7 of the device, and thus allows of apivotal or folding movement of said bars.

The character 19 denotes a marker comprising a bracket 20 formed at oneend with a U-shaped clamp 21 having its limbs formed with guide slots 22adapted to receive the upright or measuring bar 11 for mounting theframe 19 thereon for various vertical adjustments. Threadedly connectedin the connecting portion of the U-shaped clamp is a thumb screw 23adapted to retain the marker in its various adjusted positions after thesame has been regulated to agree with the desired length of the skirt. Acrayon holder 24lhas its cylindrical plunger 25 slidably mounted in theopening 26 of the bracket for horizontal sliding movement. The free endof the plunger is formed with a circular operating disk 27 havingabutting with the inner face thereof one end of a coiled spring 28,while the opposite end of said spring contacts with the confronting faceof the bracket arm and tends to exert an outward pressure on the crayonholder at all times. Detachably connected to the inner end of theplunger 25 is a spring socket 29 adapted for holding the crayon 30. Thissocket is of substantially circular contourand is provided with a pairof alining openings 3l adapted to register with the opening 32 of theplunger, for the reception of a cotter pin or the like fastener, thusserving to detachablyv connect the socket with the free extremity of theplunger. This socket is fur-ther slitted to provide the same withresilient clamping jaws 83.

From'the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the advantages of construction and of the methodof operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art towhich the invention relates, and| While I have described the principlesof operation of the invention, together with the device which I nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is, merel illustrative and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claimsap-l pended thereto.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a base, a platform formedcontinuous with one end of the base and bent toward the latter in spacedrelation thereto for the greater portion of its length, a pair of earssecured adjacent the free terminal of the base, a vmeasuring barpivotally mounted between said ears for movement in a plane at rightkangles with respect to the plane of the base, a second pair of earssecured adjacent the free terminal Vof the platform, and a secondmeasuring bar pivotally mounted between the latter mentioned pairs ofears for vertical swinging movement in spaced parallel relation withrespect to the first mentioned bar.

2. A'device of the class described embodying a base having an openingformed adjacent one of the transverse edges thereof, a platform formedcontinuous with the opposite transverse edge of the base and bent towardand in spaced relation with said base for the greater portion of itslength and having an opening formed therein adjacent its free transverseedge, a pair of ears seared to said base at opposite sides of itsopening, a measuring bar pivotally mounted between said ears andslightly above and in vertical alinement with the opening of the base, asecond pair of ears secured to said platform at opposite sides of theopening formed therein, a second measuring bar arranged in spacedparallelism with the former mentioned bar and pivotally secured betweenthe second mentioned ears and slightly above the opening'- formed insaid platform, said first and second mentioned bars being adapted toswing in a plane at right angles with respect to the planes of therespective base and platform. Y

3. A device of the class described embodying a base and a platform, ameasuring bar secured to said base, a second measuring bar secured tothe plattform, and a marking device adjustably mounted upon the firstmentioned measuring bar, said marking device comprising a bracket formedat one end with a U-shaped guide clamp, aA fastening member carried bythe clamp for holding the lmarking device in adjusted position upon themeasuring bar, a spring pressed plunger mounted in the bracket forhorizontal sliding movement, and a resilient socket detachably connectedto the free end of the plunger and adapted for holding a stick ofcrayon.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

EMMA :rumanaV Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

